Panlongia
| Panlongia Temporal range: | |
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| Panlongia spinosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Order: | †Nektaspida |
| Genus: | †Panlongia Liu et al., 2006 |
| Species | |
Panlongia was a small-sized marine arthropod. Panlongia lived during the late Lower Cambrian (Botomian) in what is today South China. The genus consists of two species, P. spinosa and P. tetranodus.[1]
Description
[edit]Panlongia is a flat, 2 cm (0.8 in) long nektaspid, with an oval-shaped non-calcified exoskeleton. Both the head shield (or cephalon) and the tail shield (or pygidium) are semi-circular. In between the cephalon and pygidium are four thoracic body segments (somites). The cephalon occupies approximately ⅓ of the body length, the thorax ¼ and pygidium about 45%.
In Panlongia spinosa, the edge of the exoskeleton carries several small sawtooth-like spines, that are absent in P. tetranodusa.[1]
Panlongia tetranodusa reconstruction
Distribution
[edit]- Panlongia spinosa is found in the late Lower Cambrian (Botomian) of China (Wulongqing Formation, only at Gaoloufang Kgs-2).
- Panlongia tetranodusa occurs in the late Lower Cambrian (Botomian) of China (Wulongqing Formation, Gaoloufang Kgs-1, and Shijiangjun Wsh-14, Wuding County, Yunnan, "Guanshan fauna").[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The phylogenetic position of Panlongia remained uncertain due to the lack of appendages until 2024, when more well-preserved specimens with appendages narrowed its placement down to as a nektaspid. [2]
Ecology
[edit]Panlongia tetranodusa occurs with the coeloscleritophoran Allonia sp., the vetulicolian Vetulicola gangtoucunensis, lingulate brachiopods Lingulellotreta malongensis, Diandongia pista, Acrothele rara, and Westonia gubaiensis; radiodonts Houcaris saron and Guanshancaris kunmingensis, hyolith Linevitus malongensis, eocrinoid Wudingeocrinus rarus, Trilobites Redlichia yunnanensis, R. mansuyi, R. noetlingi, R. conica, R. shijiangjunensis, Palaeolenus douvillei, and P. lantenoisi; crustaceans: Tuzoia sinensis, T. tylodesa, Branchiocaris sp., Liangshanella liangshanensis, and Neokunmingella sp., and several other arthropods like Longquania bispinosa, Guangweicaris spinatus; Leanchoilia illecebrosa, Isoxys minor and I. wudingensis.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Liu, Q.; Luo, H.-L.; Chen, L.-Z.; Lu, S.-X. (2006). "Panlongia, a new trilobitomorph genus from the Lower Cambrian, Kunming, Yunnan". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 45: 384–392.
- ↑ Luo, Shengxiang; Liu, Jianni (February 2024). "Exceptionally preserved Panlongia tetranodusa from the early Cambrian sheds light on the evolution of arthropods". Science Bulletin. 69 (3): 308–313. Bibcode:2024SciBu..69..308L. doi:10.1016/j.scib.2023.11.043. PMID 38057233.